Does the Tech-savvy Baby Boomer Exist?
Last week my friend spent 4 hours teaching her 64-year-old mother how to program her brand new Ti-Vo to record her two favorite daily soaps. After 4 hours Mama Brown asked her daughter to return the âuselessâ machine to the store and bring her a good olâ VCR that could easily record her shows. While [...]
Top Five Gifts for Baby Boomers
BoomerYearbook.com - December, 2008 - Getting gifts for Baby Boomers can be quite easy, after all â we know what we want. These gifts may be familiar or common. Some may be extravagantly luxurious; others are simple, and some just border on the lavishly insane. But the reality is many boomers are successful, educated and [...]
Baby Boomers: When Smoking First Hit Hard
Before the Baby Boomer period, no one was convinced that a each cigarette smoked puts the smoker one step closer to lung cancer. It was only in the period between 1946 and 1964 that experts were able to find conclusive evidence linking lung cancer to cigarette smoking.
The years following the boomer age saw the [...]
Baby Boomers: When Smoking First Hit Hard
Before the Baby Boomer period, no one was convinced that a each cigarette smoked puts the smoker one step closer to lung cancer. It was only in the period between 1946 and 1964 that experts were able to find conclusive evidence linking lung cancer to cigarette smoking.
The years following the boomer age saw the rise [...]
Do You Think about Health Care Career Opportunities Growing as Baby Boomer Generation Ages
Still, a new problem emerges when considering the supply of trained healthcare workers vs. the number of adults whose aging is expected to increase the population of the 55 to 65 year old category over the next decade. Worker shortages for the healthcare industry are inevitable, which means career opportunities will be not only plentiful, [...]
Baby Boomer Holidays — Ready or Not–here They Come
As you approach the upcoming holiday season, what emotions come to your mind–excited, merry and invigorated? Or do the words—panicky, sorrowful and fearful—seem more fitting? Perhaps your children moved away or you decided to move to the place of your dreams (good for you). In 2008, you watched your retirement savings shrink before your eyes [...]
Baby Boomers Will Drive Real Estate Growth
Baby boomers, baby boomers, baby boomers; we all hear this term over and over again. So who are the baby boomers? Baby boomers are people in the United States who were born between 1946 and 1964. Approximately 78.2 million people fall into this category.
As a group, baby boomers comprise the largest population cohort in the [...]
The Generation Gap: Passing Sound Financial Practices Down The Family Tree
In our world of “keeping up with the joneses”, it’s an everyday struggle to resist buying the latest, greatest toy to wow our neighbors with. But how did we come to be this way?
If you’re a Baby Boomer, your parents probably weren’t like this. They were too busy trying to feed, clothe, and provide shelter [...]
The Real Estate Bubble Is Getting Bigger
The real estate bubble is getting bigger, some market analysts say that it is about to burst.
They have been saying this for the past 3 to 4 years and yet, the bubble continues to get bigger and bigger, especially in the United States and in other countries of Europe, Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle [...]
Pony Car Warrior in Ford Mustang
Ford is proud to unleash its redesigned version of Mustang. Said vehicle is a revived version of the automaker’s classic muscle car. Ford rivals in said segment are active in the competition. In fact, there is a great possibility that an all out pony car war among automakers will take effect.
“We embrace the Pony wars,” [...]
